Many of us would find that was, as I say, a burden-- something hanging constantly over us interfering with our ability to enjoy life.

我们许多人都会发现那是，像我说的那样，一种负担-,它一直笼罩着我们,影响着我们享受生活的能力。

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Reason, science, art is the capacity to transform nature by making it, imposing on it, a method that will produce like effects after similar consequences.

理性，科学，艺术是一种能力,是通过创造，施加影响力改变自然的能力，是一种在类似的结果发生后,产生类似结果的能力。

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More speculatively, there has been some fairly recent work studying the genetic basis of language, looking at the genes that are directly responsible for the capacity to learn and use language.

更具体的来说,一些最新的语言遗传基础研究,探查了直接影响语言学习,及使用能力的基因

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We underestimate our capacity to affect change.

我们低估影响改变的能力。

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If you drink alcohol it affects your reasoning.

如果你喝了酒,你的推理能力就会受到影响

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